John Piper Biographies Collection - John Piper, the well known preacher, has given short sermons on the lives of a number of saints at an annual conference for pastors. These sermons are now available for you to read on your handheld mobile device, free of charge. Get to know the lives of saints through all time, from Augustine to Spurgeon, as only John Pi… Read more…
In Prayer in the Lord's Name, and Several Other Points on Prayer Drew covers prayer from the Bible: 1. Prayer in the Lord's Name 2. From Luke: ask, seek and knock 3. From Romans 8: the Spirit helps us 4. From II Chronicles 7:14: "My people...I will hear..." 5. From Matthew 6: The Lord's model prayer - Thy Name, Thy Kingdom, and Thy wil… Read more…
The Hebrew Bible: Westminster Leningrad Codex digital text is a project of the Groves Center based on the Leningrad Codex, Firkovich B19A, residing in the Russian National Library. The Leningrad Codex is the oldest, complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, dated to around 1008 AD. It serves as the basis for the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), which has… Read more…
This is a free demo of NASB Strongs, it contains only the Book of Galatians and needed dictionary entries. The complete full product is available at NASB Strong's which contains the entire Bible and all Strongs dictionary entries. Based on the American Standard Version of 1901, which is still highly regarded for its accuracy, this modern revisio… Read more…
The Bible In Basic English (BBE) is a translation of the Bible into Basic English. The BBE was translated by Professor S. H. Hooke using the standard 850 Basic English words. 100 words that were helpful to understand poetry were added along with 50 "Bible" words. The New Testament was released in 1941 and the Old Testament was released in 1949. Basic… Read more…
Use this reading schedule to guide your reading and study of God's Word, so that you complete the entire Bible in one year. This schedule offers a reading plan that moves through the Bible from beginning to end. You'll know just how much you need to read each day in order to read through the Old and New Testaments in one year. … Read more…
Use this reading schedule to guide your reading and study of God's Word, so that you complete the entire Bible in one year. This schedule offers a reading plan that moves through the Bible in chronological order. For example, the Book of Job is integrated with Genesis because Job lived before Abraham. … Read more…
Por 248 años la versión Reina-Valera no fue revisada en su totalidad. En 1708 y 1831 el Nuevo Testamento fue revisado, pero no fue sino hasta 1850 que se hizo una revisión completa. Este trabajo fue realizado por la Sociedad Bíblica Americana. Durante la última mitad del siglo XIX la Reina-Valera pasó por varias revisiones. La revisión de 1909 fue r… Read more…
Use this reading schedule to map your reading and study of God's Word. This unique reading schedule created by Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, a 19th century Scottish minister, guides readers through the New Testament and Psalms twice a year, and through the rest of the Bible once each year. In M'Cheyne's reading schedule, four readings are offered each da… Read more…
Although renowned for his talent in preaching, C.H. Spurgeon was also a prolific writer. All of Grace is one of his most widely known and best-selling written works. It is a chaptered work, longer and more in-depth than any of his sermons. Subtitled "An Earnest Word with Those Who Are Seeking Salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ," All of Grace is Spurgeon's… Read more…
Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the kingdom of God here on earth. A "lay brother" among monks in the 1600s, Brother Lawrence went to serve in a monastery at the age of 55. Among his menial tasks were cooking and cleaning up for the order. While his hands did common work, he discovered his lif… Read more…
The International Standard Version (ISV®) is a new translation directly from the original languages of Scripture and derived from no other English translation. It was produced by Bible scholars who believe that "All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16 ISV)… Read more…
Robert Young (1822-1888) was a Scottish editor and publisher who became proficient in several ancient languages through self-study. Earnest students of the Holy Scriptures, through the years, have considered Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (YLT) [1898] an excellent, literal, translation. The YLT is a strictly literal and idiomatic rendering o… Read more…
Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian in the first century AD, wrote shortly after the time of Jesus and mentions him twice in Antiquities of the Jews. A firsthand witness to the Roman destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, Josephus undertook to record those events. Four of Josephus' works survive, and they are all included here. The Life of Flavius … Read more…
John Wesley's most important and lasting theological contribution was an understanding of how believers are transformed by God. He called this process of sanctification the doctrine of Christian perfection—the idea that as we grow in faith, God's spirit lovingly changes us until we become perfect in love. (Wesley himself never preferred the term "sinless… Read more…
Darby's New Translation was published in 1871 in response to the increased need for new and accurate English translations of the Bible. A tireless minister to the Brethren assemblies of England and the European Continent, John Nelson Darby had previously translated the Bible into German and French to meet the needs of assemblies there. His stated purpose w… Read more…
The World English Bible (WEB) is a public domain translation of the Bible that is currently in draft form, though the New Testament is considered to be complete. It is based on the 1901 American Standard Version, the Greek Majority Text, and the Hebrew Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Work on the World English Bible began in 1997 and was initially know… Read more…
Noah Webster completed a revision of the King James Version in 1833. His stated purpose in this revision was to approach the KJV as an educator and make some changes to it to conform to the language of the time. He fixed grammatical and diction errors, altered some of the more indelicate phrases of the KJV, and subsituted words or phrases for those in the … Read more…
The French Louis Segond 1910 Bible is available for your handheld device. … Read more…
The German Luther 1912 Bible is available for your handheld device. … Read more…
This short response to The Da Vinci Code helps Christians understand how to answer the claims this popular book and film make concerning the Christian faith. Point by point, author Nicky Gumbel exposes the falsehood of the views presented in this best-selling book, particularly those views pertaining to church history and to the Person of Christ. This eBoo… Read more…
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. —Ephesians 5:19-20 Throughout the book of Psalms, believers are admonished to lift their voices and offer praises to God. For centuries now, the faithfu… Read more…
The Vulgate Bible is an early 5th century translation of the Bible into Latin made by St. Jerome on the orders of Pope Damasus I. It takes its name from the phrase versio vulgata, "the common (i.e., popular) version" (cf. Vulgar Latin), and was written in an everyday Latin used in conscious distinction to the elegant Ciceronian Latin of which Jerome was a … Read more…
Charles Spurgeon, perhaps the most prolific of all preachers, faced adversity from many places. Ridiculed and criticized by preachers from across the Christian spectrum, suffering from gout, caring for his invalid wife, battling depression, and carrying a burden of personal tragedy, Spurgeon refused to cave to the overwhelming adversity in his life. In t… Read more…
The French Darby 1991 Bible is available for your handheld device. … Read more…
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life is the most well-known and influential of William Law's many Christian writings. It issues a passionate call for readers to live a life "governed by the spirit of devotion," but also offers down-to-earth practices for doing so, such as a regular method of daily prayer, and meditation on Christian virtues like humilit… Read more…
The Protestant Reformation is one of the most important events in the history of Western Christianity. At the heart of the Reformation lie the teaching and writing of Martin Luther. In First Principles of the Reformation, Martin Luther's most influential writings are collected, along with theological and historical introductions by British scholars of reli… Read more…
Enter ye in at the narrow gate.—Matthew 7:13 In Around the Wicket Gate, preacher, writer, and theologian C. H. Spurgeon discusses human salvation. Borrowing from John Bunyan's masterful allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, Spurgeon begins with the image of the Wicket Gate, the entry point to the straight and narrow way that all pilgrims must follow to … Read more…
The Douay-Rheims Version of the Bible was derived from the Latin Vulgate Bible. It was first published in 1609 AD by the English college for the Catholic church. It was revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749-1752 AD. This version includes the seven deuterocanonical books. … Read more…
This Bible translation into Tagalog, the national language of the Phillipines, was completed in 1905. This Bible version is now available to read on mobile devices and includes both the Old Testament and the New Testament. … Read more…
The first and chief need of our Christian life is, Fellowship with God. The Divine life within us comes from God, and is entirely dependent upon Him. As I need every moment afresh the air to breathe, as the s sun every moment afresh sends down its light, so it is only in direct living communication with God that my soul can be strong. The manna o… Read more…
This translation of the Bible into Middle English is one of the oldest translations of the Bible into English. The translation was completed over a period of years between 1382-1395. Well known as a precursor to the Tyndale Bible and the King James Version, the Wycliffe Bible was very popular in its day. The English state and the Roman Catholic Church took… Read more…
William Tyndale's translation of the Bible into Early Modern English is a seminal work that has greatly impacted and shaped English translations of the Holy Scriptures. This influential translation is regarded as a major source for the King James Bible, the Geneva Bible and the Douay-Rheims Bible. The Tyndale Bible contains some of the best known phrases o… Read more…
Charles Wesley, the brother of John Wesley, helped found the Methodist denomination. He is most well known for the thousands of hymns he wrote, including some that are still well known today. Among those hymns that are still sung by Christians all over the world are "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "Christ the Lord is Risen Indeed," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul… Read more…
John Wesley's gift for preaching was the spark that ignited the Methodist movement in eighteenth-century England. In The Collected Sermons of John Wesley, his influential sermons are made available to modern readers in their original language. Readers can experience impassioned messages on topics such as The Nature of Enthusiasm—and how any true expe… Read more…
In Come Ye Children, C.H. Spurgeon offers his advice on sharing the gospel with children and training them early in the things of God. It is filled with scriptural examples that demonstrate the importance of caring for those who are young in faith, and helping them develop their understanding of the gospel. As Spurgeon explains: "To us all this messag… Read more…
In this classic eBook on prayer, author E. M. Bounds paints a clear and complete picture of The Necessity of Prayer. The book's fourteen chapters develop the relationship between prayer and faith, trust, desire, fervency, importunity, character, conduct, obedience, vigilance, the Word of God, and the House of God. Concerning Bounds' unceasing burden for pr… Read more…
Statenvertaling, a Dutch Bible translation, is available for your handheld device. … Read more…
Of Prayer - A perpetual exercise of faith and the daily benefits derived from it. Calvin's exhaustive comments and affirmation of the reality of prayer in the believers life and living. John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was an important French Christian theologian during the Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of C… Read more…
George Mueller's Strategy for Showing God: Simplicity of Faith, Sacred Scripture and Satisfaction in God. George Mueller's life began as a faithless and dissolute youth. It ended as one of the most remarkable men of God, who daily trusted God's provision for thousands of orphans, who never asked for money for himself or his work, who withstood the trial… Read more…